US 12,231,976 B2
Methods, devices and computer readable medium for handover rate control
Jeroen Wigard, Klarup (DK); Enric Martinez, Aalborg (DK); and Istvan Zsolt Kovacs, Aalborg (DK)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/345,991.
Claims priority of application No. 20205664 (FI), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0410028 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/00837 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/324 (2023.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, at a user device:
obtaining a target parameter representative of a handover rate from a base station;
comparing said target parameter representative of a handover rate with a measured parameter representative of a handover rate;
adjusting at least one measurement trigger event parameter as a result of said comparison to reduce the difference between said two rates;
sending a measurement report to said base station if a trigger condition using said at least one adjusted trigger event parameter is met;
receiving at least one among a minimum or maximum value for said at least one measurement trigger event parameter; and
adjusting said at least one measurement trigger event parameter within limits of said at least one minimum or maximum value.